Progresso Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder

Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder: 3.6/5 ingredient safety

Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder by Progresso has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals / Soups / Chicken-corn-chowder

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder, 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.6
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.6 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Chicken broth, corn, onions, dried potatoes, cooked white chicken meat, modified food starch, celery. contains less than 2% of: water, salt, soybean oil, corn powder, cooked bacon (cured with: water, salt, sugar, sodium nitrite. may contain: natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium ascorbate), cream, potassium chloride, maltodextrin, sugar, titanium dioxide, soy protein concentrate, butter, sodium phosphate, onion powder, garlic powder, tomato extract, corn protein (hydrolyzed), soy protein isolate, yeast extract, whey protein concentrate, spice, corn starch, natural flavor, bacon fat, smoke flavor, egg yolk, dried vinegar, flavoring.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0041196458947
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Walmart

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.6/5, Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder's 3.6/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder's 3.6/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.